r/BG3 • u/Feeling-Classroom729 • 3d ago

Bg3 Hot Take Edition

I'm feeling spicy and I want to hear some of your hot takes about the game. Perhaps, I'll see the game from a fresh perspective and/or learn something new.

There's no limit to the hot takes you can share.

I'll go first.

Despite Araj's negative reputation, I think she's one of the best merchants in the game. In act 2, she carries the risky ring and the ring of free action, which is already amazing. But she also offers unique elixirs in act 2. In act 3, she sells sanguine explosives, which is basically a level 4 fireball that you can buy for less than 20 gold. Getting the unstable blood condition from her in act 3, can also be powerful if you build around it. The +2 to strength is super powerful if you're willing to torture Astarion, but even without that, she's still an amazing npc. She's a little pushy with Astarion, but she ultimately accepts his no. So, I don't stay mad at her.

I don't think completing a "good run" automatically makes your character good aligned. Basing your decisions around not making your favorite npcs sad is not a sound moral compass. I think there are more morally neutral people out there than people are willing to admit. It isn't a bad thing to be morally neutral. Jaheira is canonically true neutral in the older games, and people love her.

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u/SirBeeperton 3d ago

There are too many companions available in a good run. I’m currently on my 7th play through and I’ve maybe used Halsin and Minsc a combined 15 minutes and Jaheria 2-3 hours tops. Being able to respec builds for cheap (or free via mods) means less interesting personalities get left my the wayside.

Conversely, if you do an evil run you only have a few options as multiple companions will want nothing to do with you. Minthara was perfect as an evil only companion. Getting her on a good run by essentially using game exploits was fine. Larian’s decision to make her able to be recruited on a good run was a mistake IMO. There needs to be a few companions that are only available on evil runs.

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u/taker25-2 3d ago

Use the party limit removal mod and you'll get all of the character interactions

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u/AdditionalMess6546 Bard 2d ago

How does that work for combat? Do you have a pre-set 4 that go into it?

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u/taker25-2 2d ago

Nope. You can use all of the companions if you want, and if you want to add even more chaos, you can still cast summons. I think there's an advanced option where you can limit the amount of people entering a fight (but not sure), but I want all of my companions to be a part of it. The only limitation is during long rest, in which you have to make your numbers go back down to 4, but there's an auto option to do that. You can easily steamroll battles, but there are other mods that can help offset the extra party members. I personally enjoy it and it is a good way to learn about other classes if you decide to respect your party members.